Campus Buzz #10

Tech Talks: Winter Institute on Global Health

BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus recently convened an international global health conference of immense significance on the theme ‘Adolescent Health’. The conference, which lasted over a period of eight days, brought together undergraduates and postgraduates – B.E, MSc., M.E, MBBS students – of diverse fields like Nursing, Medicine, Psychology, etc.

This joint initiative of BITS Pilani University and PACE University, partnered by the Apollo group of hospitals, also put forward an impressive panel of medical professionals and experts from the industry, who managed to still keep their talks simple. Suma Chinta, a second year MSc. (Hons.) Biology student tells us that the best part about the conference was the experience of working with different people and the exposure to latest research.

The conference was preceded by a preconference and field trips, and ended with 4 student research teams presenting their papers on modern issues like mobile addiction in teens, psychological effects of social networking…